Tracy Chapman

Talkin' Bout a Revolution

Tracy Chapman is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.

We had a different song planned for today, but this one seems more apropos. Trump is acting with such speed and severity that he’s awakening a sleeping giant — the outrage of the vast majority of Americans. Though his actions this week no doubt have thrilled the neo-Nazis on the fringe of his base, the millions of moderates who voted for him surely didn’t expect he’d steer the country onto this kind of superhighway to fascism. If ever there were a man who could awaken the silent majority of decent Americans and spur them to action to preserve all that's decent, welcoming, humane and rational, it’s this president. —The Editors

Lyrics

Don't you know
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don't you know
Talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs
Don't you know
You better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Oh I said you better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution
Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion